Hello -- cofounder of SpiderOak here. We're at a launch event during RSA so responses will be slow, but I'll check back here later. Thanks for your interest!
I didn't quite understand what was unique about the application of crypto in your product. I had assumed from the headline it was a productized homomorphic encryption, but at least at first glance I'm thinking it is more a productized implementation of a key-value store with records encrypted client side. Is that correct?
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Hello -- cofounder of SpiderOak here. We're at a launch event during RSA so responses will be slow, but I'll check back here later. Thanks for your interest!
I didn't quite understand what was unique about the application of crypto in your product. I had assumed from the headline it was a productized homomorphic encryption, but at least at first glance I'm thinking it is more a productized implementation of a key-value store with records encrypted client side. Is that correct?
Close. It's not a key value store, but rather an object database (with design goals similar to ZODB[1])
You can use an Object DB like a key value store, but there's a much richer feature set available.
You can also share objects securely with other users of the application for building multi user collaborative apps.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope_Object_Database
When is your launch event (I'm...still finishing my talk for wednesday :( )...but would be really interested in learning more.
Right now. https://spideroak.com/blog/20130221160525-announcing-penetra...
53 Bluxome Street, San Francisco, from 7 to 10 tonight. Come by if you like. We're cohosting the event with Phil Zimmerman and the Silent Circle team.
Good stuff, Alan!!